Microsoft have revealed the differnent editions Window 8 will come in. They have announced that the official name of the product will be Windows 8 and there will be three editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 RT. The standand edition is close in features to the Home…

My wife has been using a HP Pavilion dv6000 for a couple of years now and it’s come to the end of it’s useful life so she wanted a new PC. We looked around a lots of different Notebooks including Apple, HP, Acer and Samsung and the one she picked…

Laplink have today released a free tool to help test migration to Windows 8. The program PCmover is a free tool that makes testing Windows 8 easily by allows users to migrate selected programs, files and settings from a Windows 7 PC to a Windows 8 PC. The app is free from…

I have to admit I haven’t used Laplink many years, I used to use it to move files between DOS machines via a serial cable. Laplink are still going and will release a free version of their software for transferring files, settings and user accounts from Windows 7 to Windows…

Microsoft have detailed in a blog post today that a new Windows Kinect device is on the way. Having played with the Kinect SDK for Windows the new device could address the biggest problem I had with it which was short range use. If you were sat a desk…

Microsoft have revelled details of the improved upgrade process for Windows 8 including the online upgrade system. Microsoft plan to make the online experience better by including the product key in the online setup, reducing the footprint of the download and reducing size needed for the install. Most Windows users…

Qualcomm Atheros have released version 1.0 of its media management application called Skifta. The app which had been in closed beta uses DLNA to offer Airplay type functionality with Android phones. The idea being to use the system to promote DLNA adoption which while is pretty low despite there being…

I am seeing various reports that there is an issue with the UK guide data in Windows Media Center. Many users are reporting there there is no EPG data in the system beyond October 30th rather that the 14 days Windows Media Center normally supports. I checked my own system…

A Bumper show for you this week. Ted Singh from Embedded Automation returns to the show to talk about mControl 3.0, their home automation software. Ted was on the very edition of the podcast a long time ago and its great to have him back on the show. We still…

It seems like the Windows 8 Developer Preview has given new life to the Windows tablet market with Dell having one on the way and now Samsung have their Series 7 slate on pre-order. The slate as a core i5, dual webcams and 128GB solid state drive. It comes with…